Gilead Cooper KC

Barrister at Wilberforce Chambers

Speaker

Gilead is ranked as a leading silk in various categories of The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. He is also featured in Legal Week’s Private Client Global Elite and the CityWealth LeadersList “Top 10 Trust Litigation Barristers” list. He has been described in Who’s Who Legal as “one of the top silks in our research this year”, and is one of silks in the “Most Highly Regarded” category.

Gilead’s practice has a strong international element. He has appeared in the courts of Hong Kong, the BVI, Bermuda, Cayman and Nevis, and has been involved in litigation in Jersey, Guernsey and Gibraltar. He provided expert advice in relation to the Panama Papers in Imran Khan’s action against Nawaz Sharif in the Pakistan Supreme Court which led to Sharif being removed as prime minister.

Gilead specialises in complex, high-value disputes, often involving allegations of fraud, breaches of trust and fiduciary duties, and professional negligence. He also has “a notable specialism in matters involving art and antiquities” (Chambers & Partners).

Before coming to the Bar, Gilead enjoyed a brief career in publishing, editing books on photography, popular science and astronomy. He also spent a couple of years teaching in pre-revolutionary Iran. After completing his pupillage, he worked in the Litigation Department of Freshfields before taking up a tenancy at 7 New Square. He joined Wilberforce Chambers in December 2015.